Welcome to Javascript Tips and Tricks

Identifing Javascripts

You should always place the "language='javascript'" command in the <script> tag so that the browser will understand that it is Javascript. This is because there are other types of scripts.

<script language="javascript">

</script>

Commenting Out Text

You should comment out text inside a javascript to tell you what is does and that is was created by you. There are 2 ways:

<script language="javascript">

/*
These star-slashes comment out everything inbetween them
*/

// This comments out everything on the same line

</script>

Hiding the Script

There are still some browsers that do not understand Javascript. Also some people disable it. So when they load the page, they see gibberish written all over the screen. To avoid this, do as below.

<script language="javascript">

<!--

/*
Remember to place them IN the scripts otherwise it will remove the script completely
Notice the // before the -->. Without it, the javascript will see it as an error.
*/

//-->

</script>